Bürotechnik- & Banken-Museum

About the museum

The bank clerk Alois Brefka, until 2010 head cashier of a Volksbank branch in Groß Mackenstedt, began collecting office machines in 1992. At first he mainly dealt with the history of his employer; later, with a “rolling office machine museum”, he stocked exhibitions across northern Germany.

Since September 2011, the collection has had a permanent home in Seckenhausen, a district of Stuhr. Brefka converted the double garage and equipment room of his house for this purpose; later the conservatory and parts of the residential house were added. A small banking museum is also set up in a garden house.

On display are around 500 calculating machines and 400 typewriters, complemented by information panels on the development of writing and arithmetic up to the computer, on the history of German currencies from the Mark to the euro, and on women's office work. The banking museum presents piggy banks, historic savings books, chequebooks, promissory notes and loan agreements. The founder personally guides visitors through the exhibition.

Highlights

• Around 500 calculating machines and 400 typewriters
• Typewriter with Fraktur typeface
• Book typewriter from 1940
• Savings book from 1849 and loan agreement from 1825
• History of German currencies from 1875 to the euro

Founded

2011

Operated by

Alois Brefka (Privatmuseum)

Director

Alois Brefka

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